SETTEXTEX structure (richedit.h)

Specifies which code page (if any) to use in setting text, whether the text replaces all the text in the control or just the selection, and whether the undo state is to be preserved. This structure is used with the EM_SETTEXTEX message.

Syntax

typedef struct _settextex {
  DWORD flags;
  UINT  codepage;
} SETTEXTEX;

Members

flags

Type: DWORD

Option flags. It can be any reasonable combination of the following flags.

Value	Meaning
ST_DEFAULT 0x00	Deletes the undo stack, discards rich-text formatting, replaces all text.
ST_KEEPUNDO 0x01	Keeps the undo stack.
ST_SELECTION 0x02	Replaces selection and keeps rich-text formatting.
ST_NEWCHARS 0x04	Act as if new characters are being entered.
ST_UNICODE 0x08	The text is UTF-16 (the WCHAR data type).
ST_PLACEHOLDERTEXT 0x10	Placeholder text that is visible only when focus is not on the RichEdit control and the control does not contain any user-specified text.
ST_PLAINTEXTONLY 0x20	RichEdit control supports plain text only.

codepage

Type: UINT

The code page used to translate the text to Unicode. If codepage is 1200 (Unicode code page), no translation is done. If codepage is CP_ACP, the system code page is used.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Header	richedit.h

See also

EM_SETTEXTEX